UK: Flawed Policy on Eritrean Refugee Claims Human Rights Watch – Thu, 2 Jul 2015 07:21 GMT

Government’s New Position Based on Unreliable Evidence(London, July 2, 2015) – The United Kingdom‘s Home Office should issue new guidance to staff screening Eritrean refugee claims that reflects the continued real risk of persecution and other abuses there, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration. […]

Press Release….Coordinating Committee of the Demonstration of Eritreans in Geneva.ጋዜጣዊ መግለጺ ብዕለት 26 ሰነ 2015፡ ኣብ ጀኔቫ (ስዊዘርላንድ) ኣብ ዝተገብረ ናይ ደለይቲ ፍትሒ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ፡ ካብ ኩሉ ኩርንዓት ዓለም ዝወሓዙ፡ ……….ኣወሃሃዲት ሽማግለ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ጀኔቫ 26 ሰነ 2015 Posted: 8:26 pm, June 29, 2015 by ENSF-HIDRI

Press Release On 26 June 2015, more than 5000 justice-seeking Eritreans (in very conservative estimates) flocked to Geneva from all over the world –– to demonstrate their unflinching support to the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea (COIE). They congregated in huge numbers in front of the UN Offices in Geneva (Place […]

Calais migrant crisis: French charities hand out food 01 Jul 2015 21:08 GMT

With the migrant crisis continuing, French charities have been forced to hand out emergency food and medical aid. Calais is a magnet for migrants, who use it as a jumping-off point to try to get across to Britain. Charities say they have been forced to intervene as the the response from the French government to […]

Fleeing conflicts, record numbers of migrants and refugees crossed Mediterranean so far in 2015 – UN

Afghan refugees leave their dinghy and wade ashore in Mytilini, on the Greek island of Lesvos. UNHCR/Jowan Akkash   1 July 2015 – War, conflict or persecution forced most of the 137,000 desperate people who made the perilous journey to cross the Mediterranean Sea into Europe during the first six months of 2015, making this […]

To the President of the United Nations Human Rights Council Geneva For English

To the President of the United Nations Human Rights Council Geneva For English, see below. ኣብ ኤርትራ ይፍጸም ዘሎ ሕልፍ ዝበለ ምግሃስ ሰብኣዊ መሰላት መታን ከብቅዕ፡ ማሕበረሰብ ዓለም ኣብ ልዕሊ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ተሪር ስጉምታት ከወስድ፡ ነቶም ቀንዲ በደለኛታት ድማ ኣብ ፍርዲ ከቕርቦም ንጽውዕ! الإنسان حقوق انتھاكات عن المسؤولین وتقدیم إریتریا، في الحاكم الحزب ضد صارمة […]

Italy begins recovery of 800 migrant bodies from Med shipwreck 4 hours ago

  . Rome (AFP) – The Italian navy on Monday said it had begun efforts to recover the bodies of some 800 migrants killed in a shipwreck in the Mediterranean in April, as authorities rescued another 4,400 people making the dangerous sea journey to Europe. The April 18 tragedy was the deadliest sinking in the […]

Video: Eritrea To Boost Import Of China’s Machinery, interview

    Eritrea’s Head of Political Affairs Ghebreab Yemane is visiting China, as part of efforts to biuld closer ties between the two countries. CCTV’s Han Peng had an exclusive interview with Yemane in Beijing on a wide range of issues including China’s involvement in Africa, illegal migration from Africa to Eruope and U.S allegations […]

The ICC chief prosecutor discusses Sudan’s president escaping justice in South Africa and alleged war crimes in Gaza. 27 Jun 2015 12:45 GMT | Politics, ICC, South Africa, Sudan, Law

When Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir attended a summit in South Africa in June 2015, he manged to leave the country – despite a high court order banning him from leaving because of an outstanding warrant for his arrest on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. I was very disappointed…. about the unwillingness of South Africa […]

Eritrea gives green light for Tour de France team AFP June 28, 2015

    Nairobi (AFP) – Eritrea’s president has given his backing to the first two cyclists from his country to ride in the Tour de France, despite a spate of defections by sports stars at past international events, state media said Saturday. Having received a wild card invitation to the Tour, South African team MTN-Qhubeka […]